Trematochromis benthicola
Trematochromis benthicola is a ray-finned fish species in the cichlid family (Cichlidae), subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae and the tribe Haplochromini. It is found throughout Lake Tanganyika in the Burundian, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzanian, and Zambian shoreline. Its preferred habitat are the hidden recesses of caves in shallow water.
| Trematochromis benthicola | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Haplochromini |
| Genus: | Trematochromis Poll, 1987 |
| Species: | T. benthicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Trematochromis benthicola (Matthes, 1962) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Haplochromis benthicola Matthes, 1962 | |
This species was described in 1962. At the time of its discovery placed in Haplochromis – then a "wastebin genus" for Haplochromini cichlids –, it was subsequently moved to Ctenochromis, but differs somewhat from the fishes otherwise placed there.[3] Consequently, it has been proposed for separation in a monotypic genus Trematochromis, which was established in 1987 when "C." benthicola was mistakenly described a second time.[4]
References
- Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Ctenochromis benthicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60483A12362480. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60483A12362480.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Trematochromis benthicola" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- T. Takahashi; J. Snoeks & K. Nakaya (2006). "Trematochromis schreyeni Poll, 1987, a junior synonym of 'Ctenochromis' benthicola (Matthes, 1962)(Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika". Journal of Fish Biology. 68: 56–67. doi:10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.00969.x. Abstract
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Trematochromis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 December 2018.